Arsenal legend Martin Keown thinks Gabriel Martinelli s position in Mikel Arteta s side to face Manchester City is in question .
The Gunners have made a good start to the new season with three wins and a draw from their opening four Premier League matches, including a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Tottenham in the North London derby last weekend.
earned Arsenal a 0-0 draw in their opening Champions League fixture.
struggled to carve open Atalanta s defence and create many clear-cut openings with Martinelli and his fellow attackers struggling against the Serie A side.
The Brazil international missed the Gunners best opportunity of the night in the second half with Martinelli now on a run of 17 matches for Arsenal without contributing a goal or an assist.
And Keown reckons Arteta will stick with Martinelli for but his place is in question .
[Martin] Odegaard is, without doubt, a big loss because he kind of sets everything going, Keown told TNT Sports.
He runs out into that pocket for [Bukayo] Saka, opens up the space for him and can feed him.
[Kai] Havertz was a little bit fixed tonight, wasn’t moving in the same way, they tried to drop him and out, I don’t think that worked, you’ve got to have an out and out striker – maybe [Leandro] Trossard comes in at the weekend to fill that role.
Although maybe Martinelli’s position is in question, in front of goal he needs a little bit more composure, but I think the manager will stick with him.
Keown added: It’s a learning process, you have to go through that and learn as a group and you draw off one another, you look around the dressing room.
We were just chatting there to Declan [Rice] about Martinelli – no goal in 17 games now. Is he going to spread that love, that leadership you need?
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Ahead of their clash against Pep Guardiola s side at the weekend, Keown s fellow pundit Rio Ferdinand is concerned by Arsenal s lack of attacking threat in their last couple of matches.
